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Summarizing from my post to a different thread re my driveshaft (I had previously posted that I'd cleaned and painted my driveshaft long ago, but that driveshaft was from my Nomad, not the Z28.. thankfully!).. So I found my original driveshaft and cleaned, measured it and photographed it.http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=14017.15

Car: 09C (late) '69 Z28 with 302, M20 and 3.73 posi rear gear (all original to the car) owned since 1976, not driven since 1980.

Drive shaft length: 49-5/8" from U-joint center to U-joint center.

Paint stripes: Orange and White stripes at the 11-13" mark from the Yoke end; yellow splash around 10" along...

Just recently at the MCACN show I had lunch with one of my Cleveland Chevelle car buddies and his friend. In talking with them I found out they both worked at the Chevrolet plant in Parma Ohio back in the mid to late 60's. My buddy is about 68 ish now. They said they were both involved with drive shaft's and balancing, they made shafts for more than several Chevrolets'.I specifically ask if they knew anything about the strips, they explained that when doing the code stripes, and while the shaft was still in the ballancing fixture, the guy might hold several paint brushes at a time while the shaft turned in the fixture. So the one reason to post all this, they both indicated to me that one the the 3 strips was a shift code. If it was consistent, who knows ? And if not, that may explain why you'll see only two stipes at times.